Think of it like adding a flour-and-water mixture to juice of a pot-roast to make gravy. The first blog was the juice and this week’s blog is the mixture that makes the gravy. The first blog was the juice and this week’s blog is the mixture that makes the gravy.
Tag: faith
Courage in the Midst of Distress
God is good and life is difficult. The life of faith is lived between these two realities.
Many times in our own lives, we reflect the hard truth of that statement in whatever distressful situation we may find ourselves. Whether it is the loss of a loved one and the grief is overwhelming, children or grandchildren gone astray, broken relationships, illness and the dreaded news that it is terminal, a financial earthquake that rattles our being into shambles, or our recruitment into a spiritual battle, we need courage. We need hope. We need God.
Wanting and Wishing Won’t Make it Happen!
I went to a community college and took every writing class available; I joined a writer’s group; I attended writing workshops. I learned the mechanics of writing, but to add substance to my writing, I had to go to the Lord.